Who Owns Organic?

Looking at the labels of many well known organic brands, you'd have no idea they were owned by corporate giants. Dr. Phil Howard created the charts below to show who owns what. He explains, "Although the owner of an organic food company told me 'consumers don't care' about this trend, hiding their corporate ownership suggests otherwise."

Note that most of the acquisitions occurred between December, 1997, the date USDA published the first draft of the proposed national organic standards, and October 2002, the date the national organic standards were implemented.